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The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 29 January 2011:

Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test

02/02/2011, 391, 153938, Y-DNA 67

02/07/2011, 389, 191679, Super DNA and Deep Clade R

02/21/2011, 389, 76446, Family Finder

02/23/2011, 394, 48355,...

A Norwegian foundation called Explico will attempt to discover if Rollo the Viking was Danish or Norwegian and settle a dispute that has been raging for centuries in Scandinavia.  They will do this by retrieving DNA from corpses of Rollo's...

An interesting view of the United States based on the distribution of common last names reflects centuries of history and echoes some of America's great immigration sagas.  To compile this data, geographers at University College London used phone...

The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 23 January 2011:

Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test

01/24/2011, 389, 191679, Super DNA and Deep Clade R

01/24/2011, 387, 184013, Y-DNA 67

02/02/2011, 391, 153938, Y-DNA 67

02/21/2011, 389, 76446,...

A team of scientists at the University of California and Harvard have produced a study that suggests your genes may influence who you choose as friends.  According to these scientists, maps of friendship networks show clustering of genotypes - ie,...